Deaths
Information about deaths in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1863-03-18, Richmond Dispatch; Alice E. Bolton, age 14 yrs, 6 mos. Killed in Laboratory explosion.
1863-03-18, Richmond Sentinel; Mary Ryan, who caused the explosion at the Confederate Laboratory, has died of her wounds
1863-03-20, Richmond Dispatch; funeral notice for Robt. S. Chappell, Brown’s Island victim, “great agony”
1863-03-20, Richmond Dispatch; Pelham in state at Capitol, Wednesday night, and apparently Thursday. Now on train for Alabama
1863-03-20, Richmond Sentinel; another man dies of his wounds after the Confederate Laboratory disaster
1863-03-20, Richmond Sentinel; body of John Pelham has been brought to the Capitol to lie in state - the body of Major Puller (ancestor to the famous USMC General "Chesty" Puller) has passed through Richmond on the York River Railroad
1863-03-21, Richmond Dispatch; James Lewis, free negro, into East District Military Prison, charged with leading Yankees into Fredericksburg; also James Hickey, bounty jumper; Wm. H. Carter, soldier, dies at prison hospital, 3/20, typhoid pneumonia
1863-03-21, Richmond Sentinel; 14-year old girl dies of her wounds from the Laboratory explosion
1863-03-21, Richmond Sentinel; description of the body of Maj. John Pelham lying in state at the State Capitol - includes letter from J. E. B. Stuart
1863-03-23, Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph; correspondence of 5th TX soldier describing the Texas Hospital, and the benevolence of Mr. Tanner, co-proprietor of Tredegar Iron Works

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